This weekend was my nephew's birthday and we had a big bash for him at my mom's house. We had Dee come for the weekend, and she is doing really well, communicating more and more with her voice board. I am really amazed at some of the things that she says and she had us in stitches a few times, I always knew that she had a sense of humor, it is just nice that now she can finally express it.
Anyway, as you know my sister has been having some really rough times, and my nephew has wanted a Wii game system for a while now. Well, my mother and I went in on one together and you should have seen the look on his face. I don't know if you know this or not, but the Wii is down right difficult to get your hands on. I am not really sure why Nintendo doesn't make them more readily available to the public, although I have heard from people that their theory is that if they hold out then the demand will stay high and so will the price and novelty of it all. I don't know if that really makes sense to me. It seems to me that the more of them they sell, the more controllers and games they can make and sell and therefore they make more money. That is just the way I see it, but what do I know about big business. We only go this one as a freak accident, I was at Walmart and was talking to the woman there about an Ipod that I was looking to purchase and they didn't have the one I wanted. She jokingly said to me that she didn't have that, but she did have a brand new shipment of Wiis that she just unloaded if I would want one. Well, I called my mom right then and there and we discussed going in on it together and getting it for Matt. Needless to say, I took that Wii home.
I don't know if you have ever gotten the opportunity to play the Wii, but this thing is really awesome. It comes with a whole bunch of sports games that you can play and one controller. Well, I know you have probably already heard all the Wii controller being a hazard stories, but really the thing is not, unless you throw the controller, which they give you a wrist band to help keep it in your hand, plus now they have even added a heavily padded skin to the outside of the controller, I guess to help keep it from going through the TV screen if you accidentally do let go of it while playing.
In any case, so far I have gotten to play baseball and bowling, both of which are a real trip. You swing around that controller like you are really throwing and batting and bowling. It is actually really neat the way the thing responds every time you swing that controller, and honestly that thing is really exercise. I found that my arms began hurt after doing those games for a while; I even tried to get Dee in on the act helping her swing the controller and she laughed and laughed as we played baseball with Matt. It was a really nice day, and I am sure a birthday gift that Matt won't soon forget!